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Williams: The Cost and Risk of Making a Big Splash

August 1st, 2018 was probably the best day for most Pirates fans in the last three years. The team had just made a splash...

Williams: Examining the Regression Candidates in the Pirates’ Rotation

I feel like it's become a tradition on this site to post articles at the end of April which throw cold water on the...

Williams: The Pirates Had a Chance to Show Commitment, Instead Open 2019 With a $77 M Payroll

Back around the start of the offseason, I received word that the Pirates were targeting a payroll around $75 M. The sourcing wasn't enough...

Williams: To Improve Their Relationship With Fans, the Pirates Should Consider Making Excuses

BRADENTON, Fla. - I've always had a problem with the word "excuses." It's the negative connotation that the word carries, and the negative suggestion that...

Williams: Projecting the Pirates For 86-87 Wins, and the Disappointment that Comes With That

My favorite article of every offseason is my ZiPS analysis, projecting how many wins the Pirates will have by using the ZiPS projections on...

Williams: The Issue With the Pirates Isn’t the Moves They’ve Made, But the Moves They Haven’t Made

My wedding is about a month and a half away, which means right now my fiancée and I are in prime diet season to...

Williams: Is MLB’s Next Work Stoppage Coming Soon?

It's October 2022. Normally this would be the time for the MLB playoffs and the World Series. However, MLB cancelled the World Series months...

Williams: “It comes down to throwing your best pitches more.”

The Pirates are an organization that has been heavy into analytics and advanced metrics for many years. So when they noticed that Jordan Lyles...

Williams: This Isn’t 2016 All Over Again, But the Pirates Still Have Moves to Make

I'm going to start off by saying this: Jordan Lyles isn't Ryan Vogelsong. He's not Juan Nicasio either. There are going to be a lot of...

Williams: The Pirates Have a Chance to Do It Right This Time

Three years ago today, the Pirates traded Charlie Morton to the Phillies in exchange for David Whitehead. Looking back at my thoughts on the...

Williams: The Pirates Need to Get Out of Their Comfort Zone This Offseason

The Pirates have a challenge this offseason, and that challenge will start this week at the winter meetings. They're coming off an 82 win...

Williams: Unfinished Business

When the Pirates were in their 20 year losing streak, and getting to the point where it would be a record in sports, I...

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